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Day of the (Turtle) Dogs
Meet the turtle dogs -- they track and retrieve turtles. For science!
Recovery: New Chance to Save Land and Water
Reauthorize and Fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Over its lifetime, LWCF has done a lot to make America great, and without it some of the country's most beloved public lands might not exist.
One Square Meter of Prairie
What can be found in a square meter of prairie? You’ll be surprised. (Photographs included!)
A Presidential Pardon for A Thanksgiving Raccoon
The true story of a U.S. president, Thanksgiving dinner and a raccoon.
Three Lizards in a Beer Can
A video shows how a routine trash pick-up revealed a reptilian surprise.
The Mystery of the Dying Mesquites
If a tree dies in the desert, will anyone notice before it’s too late?
Bumper-Crop Birds: Pop-Up Wetlands Are a Success in California
By partnering with rice farmers in California, the Conservancy is transforming fields into pop-up wetlands for migrant shorebirds, yielding the largest average shorebird densities ever reported for agriculture in the region.
The Secret in the Sand Dunes
Spoiler Alert: It's Christmas Trees
The Mountain Lion in the Window
The subject of the message was: OMG! Mountain Lion Kitten in Window Well!!!! And really, it just got more interesting from there.
The Fascinating Fall Behavior of Wild Turkeys
Forget the gobbling and strutting. Here’s how wild turkeys will spend Thanksgiving Day.
Reefs Like Zombies?
Coral reefs, parrotfish, climate change, Michigan tourists, and, well, zombies.
Hurricane Sandy and the Flooding That Wasn’t
Most visitors come her for the warblers, but some come for the weirs.
